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BEVERLY EAVES PERDUE
GOVERNOR
NORTH CAROLINA TOURISM DAY
2009
BY THE GOVERNOR OF NORTH CAROLINA
A PROCLAMATION
WHEREAS, the travel and tourism industry in North Carolina is vital to our economic stability
and growth and it contributes substantially to North Carolina's cultural and social well-being; and
WHEREAS, travel is one of our most fundamental freedoms benefiting every citizen by
substantially enhancing our personal growth and education, while promoting intercultural understanding
and appreciation ofNorth Carolina's history, geography and culture; and
WHEREAS, tourism is a growth industry in North Carolina, generating $16.5 billion in
expenditures in 2007, adding nearly $1.3 billion in tax revenues to our state and local coffers and
employing more than 190,000 North Carolinians;
NOW, THEREFORE, I, BEVERLY EAVES PERDUE, Governor of the State ofNorth Carolina,
do hereby proclaim May 12, 2009, as "NORTH CAROLINA TOURISM DAY," and I call upon the
people ofNorth Carolina to observe this day with appropriate ceremonies and activities.
BEVERLY EAVES PERDUE
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Great Seal of the State of
North Carolina at the Capitol in Raleigh this sixth day of May in the year of our Lord two thousand and
nine, and of the Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and thirty-third.

BEVERLY EAVES PERDUE
GOVERNOR
NORTH CAROLINA TOURISM DAY
2009
BY THE GOVERNOR OF NORTH CAROLINA
A PROCLAMATION
WHEREAS, the travel and tourism industry in North Carolina is vital to our economic stability
and growth and it contributes substantially to North Carolina's cultural and social well-being; and
WHEREAS, travel is one of our most fundamental freedoms benefiting every citizen by
substantially enhancing our personal growth and education, while promoting intercultural understanding
and appreciation ofNorth Carolina's history, geography and culture; and
WHEREAS, tourism is a growth industry in North Carolina, generating $16.5 billion in
expenditures in 2007, adding nearly $1.3 billion in tax revenues to our state and local coffers and
employing more than 190,000 North Carolinians;
NOW, THEREFORE, I, BEVERLY EAVES PERDUE, Governor of the State ofNorth Carolina,
do hereby proclaim May 12, 2009, as "NORTH CAROLINA TOURISM DAY," and I call upon the
people ofNorth Carolina to observe this day with appropriate ceremonies and activities.
BEVERLY EAVES PERDUE
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Great Seal of the State of
North Carolina at the Capitol in Raleigh this sixth day of May in the year of our Lord two thousand and
nine, and of the Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and thirty-third.